Since the 1960s North Carolina's Criminal Code Commission has worked to overhaul the state's criminal law. A bill was presented to the General Assembly in the mid-1970s, but was postponed indefinitely and later withdrawn for further study. A committee is slowly working its way through the bill and will probably report its finding to the 1985 Assembly. This bulletin presents a summary of some of the proposed areas of change that may be of interest to social services personnel and their clients.